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but who is mark zuckerberg? the 26-year-old kid with a grown-up checkbook, and no direct ties to newark? he's the young man who created the social networking site with more than 500 million users, from his harvard dorm room. >> there's an enormous sense of pride. >> reporter: he's the young man who is now number 35 on "forbes" magazine's list of richest americans. higher than apple ceo steve jobs. and he's also clearly a man who understands timing and perhaps diversion. his announcement tomorrow on "oprah" comes the same day as the release of the new feature film, "social network," which depicts him as ruthless. >> your actions could have permanently ruined everything that i've been working on. >> reporter: was he foreshadowing the timing of the announcement when he spoke to us this summer? >> people don't care about what someone says about you in a movie. they care about what you build. >> reporter: whatever the motivation, his gift is a milestone in philanthropy, rivaling donations from bill gates, 28 years hi
but who is mark zuckerberg? the 26-year-old kid with a grown-up checkbook, and no direct ties to newark? he's the young man who created the social networking site with more than 500 million users, from his harvard dorm room. >> there's an enormous sense of pride. >> reporter: he's the young man who is now number 35 on "forbes" magazine's list of richest americans. higher than apple ceo steve jobs. and he's also clearly a man who understands timing and perhaps diversion....
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mark zuckerberg of facebook fame and fortune. tomorrow, he's announcing he's giving $100 million to the school system in newark, new jersey. by the way, the teachers there are the highest paid in the state of new jersey. the results there are awful, unacceptable in any society. and here's another example of private money trying to fix public schools. rehema ellis is at newark city hall tonight. >> reporter: good evening, brian. deep rooted problems need dramatic solutions. that usually requires lots of money, which the city is about to get. newark, it's the largest city in new jersey, with the biggest school problems. now getting help from a big name. 26-year-old billionaire mark zuckerberg, founder and ceo of facebook, is expected to give $100 million to newark schools. >> a lot of teachers --- the governor will join forces on the oprah winfrey show tomorrow. education experts welcome the bipartisan effort. >> i think it's a great opportunity. first to launch a real dialogue in the city of newark about what's best for our kids a
mark zuckerberg of facebook fame and fortune. tomorrow, he's announcing he's giving $100 million to the school system in newark, new jersey. by the way, the teachers there are the highest paid in the state of new jersey. the results there are awful, unacceptable in any society. and here's another example of private money trying to fix public schools. rehema ellis is at newark city hall tonight. >> reporter: good evening, brian. deep rooted problems need dramatic solutions. that usually...
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if you're mark zuckerberg, you can give away a lot. he has give in a way a lot. >> he now lives in new york state. he has given away $100 million to a school district in new jersey. i will tell you about the timing of this gift, just before the much anticipated movie of the creation of facebook that portrays zuckerberg as a backstabber. >>> also ahead, the debate, charges back and forth, today is the day some of the new health care rules will actually take effect. i'll tell you what they mean for you and your family coming up in a little while. >>> new details on the round the clockwork in chile to rescue the trapped miners on the ground for six weeks. americans have played a key role in getting the miners out southeastern than expected. natalie will join fours a live report. >>> what is it like to be a member of a polygamist family, in a live interview on the "today" program. >>> ann curry is back at the newsdesk. good morning. >> good morning. in the news this morning, president obama makes a major speech before the u.n. assembly tod
if you're mark zuckerberg, you can give away a lot. he has give in a way a lot. >> he now lives in new york state. he has given away $100 million to a school district in new jersey. i will tell you about the timing of this gift, just before the much anticipated movie of the creation of facebook that portrays zuckerberg as a backstabber. >>> also ahead, the debate, charges back and forth, today is the day some of the new health care rules will actually take effect. i'll tell you...
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the person who gained the most over the past year, facebook founder mark zuckerberg whose wealth grew 245% to a reported $6.9 billion. >>> we love the heavens around here, and so fans ofhe night sky know that and they write us all the time. and a viewer in colorado named jack cheznut wants everybody to remind everyone about the harvest moon. looks as big as a dinner plate in the night sky these days. that's early evening tonight in philadelphia. this moon apparently is a special one, because it happens on the same day as the autumn eqinox. and both jupiter and uranus will be visible tonight. so get out there and look up and hope it's not cloudy as it looks like it's going to be. >>> scientists at the university of utah announced today they discovered a new dinosaur and they're calling it cosmo seratops. it's a relative of the strvegs ricetops. 15 horns arrayed on a huge head. researchers say the horns probably weren't useful for defense, instead probably all about attracting a mate. always works. >>> when we come back, a new film getting a lot of attention because of what it shows us
the person who gained the most over the past year, facebook founder mark zuckerberg whose wealth grew 245% to a reported $6.9 billion. >>> we love the heavens around here, and so fans ofhe night sky know that and they write us all the time. and a viewer in colorado named jack cheznut wants everybody to remind everyone about the harvest moon. looks as big as a dinner plate in the night sky these days. that's early evening tonight in philadelphia. this moon apparently is a special one,...
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the person who gained the most over the past year, facebook founder mark zuckerberg whose health -- whose health wealth -- i don't know about his health, i hope it's good. wealth grew 245% to a reported $6.9 billion. >>> we love the heavenaround here, and so fans of the night sky know that and they write us all the time. and a viewer in colorado named jack cheznut wants everybody to remind everyone about the harvest moon. that's his thing apparently. looks as big as a dinner plate in the night sky these days. that's early evening tonight in philadelphia. this moon apparently is a special one, because it happens on the same day as the autumn equinox. that's when the sun passes directly over the equator. and an added bonus we're told and both jupiter and uranus will be visible tonig. so get out there and look up and hope it's not cloudy as it looks like it's going to be here. >>> scientists at the university of utah announced toy they discovered a new dinosaur and they're calling it cosmoceratops. perhaps a character on an ancient "seinfeld." it's a relative of the triceratops. 15 horns arr
the person who gained the most over the past year, facebook founder mark zuckerberg whose health -- whose health wealth -- i don't know about his health, i hope it's good. wealth grew 245% to a reported $6.9 billion. >>> we love the heavenaround here, and so fans of the night sky know that and they write us all the time. and a viewer in colorado named jack cheznut wants everybody to remind everyone about the harvest moon. that's his thing apparently. looks as big as a dinner plate in...
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they think that's what you made mark zuckerberg. >> i don't think so. he spends the first hour and 55 minutes being a hero. the end of the movie, a tragic hero. to be a tragic hero, you have to pay a price and feel remorse. >> you capture his intelligence, his ferocity. and i want to show a clip that captures that. >> mr. zuckerberg, do i have your full attention? >> no. >> do you think i deserve it? >> what? >> do you think i deserve your full attention? >> i have to swear before i began this deposition. i have a legal obligation to say no. >> you don't believe i deserve my attention. >> if they want to stand on my shoulders and call themselves trite. i don't enjoy sitting here and hear people lying. you have part of my attention. the rest of my attention is back at the offices of facebook, where my colleagues and no one else is capable of doing. does that put an end to your questioning? >> fierce and focussed. and a little arrogant. >> and brilliant to be sure. i'm glad you showed that clip. this whole movie, two lawsuits were brought against facebook
they think that's what you made mark zuckerberg. >> i don't think so. he spends the first hour and 55 minutes being a hero. the end of the movie, a tragic hero. to be a tragic hero, you have to pay a price and feel remorse. >> you capture his intelligence, his ferocity. and i want to show a clip that captures that. >> mr. zuckerberg, do i have your full attention? >> no. >> do you think i deserve it? >> what? >> do you think i deserve your full...
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. >>> as we first told you on thursday, facebook founder mark zuckerberg is donating $1 million to one school district in new jersey. mara, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. that announcement will have a billing impact on the schools here in newark. 26-year-old billionaire zuckerberg will make an unprecedented hit this morning as a guest on "the oprah winfrey sho show". when it comes to making big gift announcements, there's no better venue than "the oprah winfrey show." >> everybody gets a car! >> reporter: and today is tradition continues. facebook millionaire mark zuckerburg is set to come and make a $1 million donation to -- it's the largest known public donation ever by zuckerberg, worth an estimated $6.7 billion, he has no ties to new jersey or newark, causing some to wonder if this very big gift could be a very big public relations maneuver. >> a million dollars isn't cool, you know what's cool? a billion dollars. >> reporter: the offer comes one week after the movie about facebook's founding and portraying zuckerberg as a socially awkward, unscrupulous compu
. >>> as we first told you on thursday, facebook founder mark zuckerberg is donating $1 million to one school district in new jersey. mara, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. that announcement will have a billing impact on the schools here in newark. 26-year-old billionaire zuckerberg will make an unprecedented hit this morning as a guest on "the oprah winfrey sho show". when it comes to making big gift announcements, there's no better venue than...
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we'll take a look at look at mark zuckerberg from the new movie and the book it is based on. you are watching "the early show" on cbs. ,,,, our state has a huge deficit. meg whitman's plan will make it billions worse by eliminating the capital gains tax for wealthy investors, including herself. economists say her plan will "rip a hole in the budget" and is "deeply flawed". analysts for the l.a. times say whitman's plan is a "pure handout" to the rich creating a "huge risk" to schools and public safety. jerry brown's against this unfair giveaway because it will take billions from our children when we can least afford it. get california working again-for all of us. >>> nothing wrong with that, friday the facebook founder appeared on the oprah winfrey show announcing a hundred million dollar donation to the newark new jersey public schools association a few hours before last night's premiere of "the social network." this morning we turn to the man who literally wrote the book on him, author of "the accidental millionaires" which the movie is based on. good morning. >> good morni
we'll take a look at look at mark zuckerberg from the new movie and the book it is based on. you are watching "the early show" on cbs. ,,,, our state has a huge deficit. meg whitman's plan will make it billions worse by eliminating the capital gains tax for wealthy investors, including herself. economists say her plan will "rip a hole in the budget" and is "deeply flawed". analysts for the l.a. times say whitman's plan is a "pure handout" to the rich...
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what will define our success will not be the incredible generosity of mark zuckerberg. that's an amazing tool in our tool box, but it will be the architects which has to be the people of the city of newark. >> mr. governor, how exciting. it shines a great light on new jersey. it shine it is light on education, so positive. >> we started this at the beginning of our term, taking on the fights that have been taking on. >> you guys are working together, shoulder to shoulder. >> thrills our parties that cory and i work together. we've been friends for a long time. we agree on so many things that our view is, especially on the issue of education, that we need to take this on and we need to take it on directly and we need to do it for the kids of our state. >> again, doing it and working together, democrats and republicans, mr. mayor, in this day and age, that doesn't happen. it is so pathetic that adults get an ideological corners, scream and yell, call each other names and forget about the kids who have been left behind in newark. >> the tug of war in our nation going back
what will define our success will not be the incredible generosity of mark zuckerberg. that's an amazing tool in our tool box, but it will be the architects which has to be the people of the city of newark. >> mr. governor, how exciting. it shines a great light on new jersey. it shine it is light on education, so positive. >> we started this at the beginning of our term, taking on the fights that have been taking on. >> you guys are working together, shoulder to shoulder....
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>> plus facebook founder mark zuckerberg has a lot of fwrendz but now even more with a huge donation to help public school children. we'll have the inside scoop on his facebook philanthropy here on "the early show" on cbs. recently, sharp made a major leap forward in the science of color with quattron. by adding a fourth color -- yellow... yellow. banana. ...to the standard rgb color system, quattron produces more colors... banana! ...and makes images brighter. banana! banana! when seen in 3d -- whoa! whoa! aah! quattron makes tv so realistic... whoa! ...you won't believe your eyes. [ male announcer ] aquos quattron 3d from sharp. [ engineer laughs ] you have to see it, to see it. [ engineer laughs ] when allergies make them itch, don't wait for your pills to kick in. choose alaway, from the eye health experts at bausch & lomb. it works in minutes and up to 12 hours. bausch & lomb alaway. because it's not just your allergies, it's your eyes. because it's not just your allergies, twizzlers. the twist you can't resist. look at all this stuff for coffee. oh there's tons. french presses,
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we'll take a look at look at mark zuckerberg from the new movie and the book it is based on. you are watching "the early show" on cbs. >>> nothing wrong with that, friday the facebook founder appeared on the oprah winfrey show announcing a hundred million dollar donation to the newark new jersey public schools association a few hours before last night's premiere of "the social network." this morning we turn to the man who literally wrote the book on him, author of "the accidental millionaires" which the movie is based on. good morning. >> good morning. >> essentially -- you kind of portray him as kind of an loner. >> he's an interesting guy, very unique. i spent a year writing about how facebook got founded. this genius, very socially awkward didn't have a lot of friends and really wanted to be part of something bigger and get into the finals clubs, these secret societies and created his own which was facebook. >> you wrote this book about him, a movie about him and received very well and say it doesn't necessarily portray him in a negative light but he will not sit down and
we'll take a look at look at mark zuckerberg from the new movie and the book it is based on. you are watching "the early show" on cbs. >>> nothing wrong with that, friday the facebook founder appeared on the oprah winfrey show announcing a hundred million dollar donation to the newark new jersey public schools association a few hours before last night's premiere of "the social network." this morning we turn to the man who literally wrote the book on him, author of...
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we'll take a look at look at mark zuckerberg from the new or are you? introducing three of the most important things every home should have in an emergency -- a portable radio, a flashlight with batteries, and water. one gallon per person per day, for at least three days. the more prepared you are today, the less you'll have to worry about when an emergency occurs. radio, flashlight, water. a message from the baltimore metropolitan council and your local emergency responders. follow the leaf to epa.gov/smartway >>> nothing wrong with that, friday the facebook founder appeared on the oprah winfrey show announcing a hundred million dollar donation to the newark new jersey public schools association a few hours before last night's premiere of "the social network." this morning we turn to the man who literally wrote the book on him, author of "the accidental millionaires" which the movie is based on. good morning. >> good morning. >> essentially -- you kind of portray him as kind of an loner. >> he's an interesting guy, very unique. i spent a year writing a
we'll take a look at look at mark zuckerberg from the new or are you? introducing three of the most important things every home should have in an emergency -- a portable radio, a flashlight with batteries, and water. one gallon per person per day, for at least three days. the more prepared you are today, the less you'll have to worry about when an emergency occurs. radio, flashlight, water. a message from the baltimore metropolitan council and your local emergency responders. follow the leaf to...
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simply because the donation will be the reality of mark zuckerberg. >> reporter: the charitable gift will definitely help more than just zuckerberg's image. >> we deserve a city where our children cannot just survive, but thrive! >> reporter: newark has one of the country's worst-performing school districts, despite the fact that they already spend plenty of money on education, about $20,000 a year per student, more than tuition to elite private schools. >> the concern is, giving the same people more money will give you the same result. >> reporter: but $100 million can't hurt, and will likely help the controversial king of facebook make a few new friends. sources close to zuckerberg deny the donation is a publicity stunt to draw attention away from the facebook movie. officials here in newark hope it will attract matching donations, eventually bringing $200 million to the school. it's also reportedly the first installment in a large education foundation that zuckerberg is starting. matt? >> mara schiavocampo, mara, thanks so much. the future of education in america will be the focus
simply because the donation will be the reality of mark zuckerberg. >> reporter: the charitable gift will definitely help more than just zuckerberg's image. >> we deserve a city where our children cannot just survive, but thrive! >> reporter: newark has one of the country's worst-performing school districts, despite the fact that they already spend plenty of money on education, about $20,000 a year per student, more than tuition to elite private schools. >> the concern...
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but now the founder of facebook says mark zuckerberg is trying to help. as you, i'm sure have heard, he announced a $100 million challenge grant the other day and the mayor of newark cory booker, is here exclusively to talk about the donation. good morning mayor booker. >> good morning. it's good to be here this morning. >> it's good to have you. congratulations, nice gift. >> thank you. it's very tremendous. >> let's talk about whether you actually think they'll get the money firsthand. it wasn't given to you in cash. it was given to you in facebook shares that will have to be sold for cash. is the money going to be there? >> we're pretty confident there's a great demand for facebook stock right now. the stock isn't going to us. >> the shares. >> the shares excuse me are going into facebook's own foundation. and then he will then turn around convert that to cash and give it to the newark public schools. >> so you think you'll have that 100 million. you already have 40 million in cash donation because people are starting to match the 100 million. >> the o
but now the founder of facebook says mark zuckerberg is trying to help. as you, i'm sure have heard, he announced a $100 million challenge grant the other day and the mayor of newark cory booker, is here exclusively to talk about the donation. good morning mayor booker. >> good morning. it's good to be here this morning. >> it's good to have you. congratulations, nice gift. >> thank you. it's very tremendous. >> let's talk about whether you actually think they'll get the...
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but now mark zuckerberg is trying to help. he announced a $100 million challenge grant the other day and the mayor of newark, corey booker, is here exclusively to talk about the donations. good morning, mayor. >> good morning. good to be here. >> good to have you. congratulations. nice gift. >> thank you. it's pretty tremendous. >> let's talk about whether you think you'll get the money firsthand. it wasn't given to you in cash, it was given in facebook shares to be sold for cash. >> we're confident because of the great demand for facebook. >> the shares. >> the shares are go into the facebook's founder's own foundation and he will turn around convert that to cash and give it gi the newark public schools. >> you think you'll have 100 million. you already have $40 million in cash donation because peach are starting to match the $100 million the finest city that we can invest resources in to show a national model for educational reform is motivating people to come forward. we have $40 million to match but we're hearing around th
but now mark zuckerberg is trying to help. he announced a $100 million challenge grant the other day and the mayor of newark, corey booker, is here exclusively to talk about the donations. good morning, mayor. >> good morning. good to be here. >> good to have you. congratulations. nice gift. >> thank you. it's pretty tremendous. >> let's talk about whether you think you'll get the money firsthand. it wasn't given to you in cash, it was given in facebook shares to be sold...
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the $100 million -- simply because the donation will be the reality of mark zuckerberg. >> reporter: the charitable gift will definitely help more than just zuckerberg's image. >> we deserve a city where our children cannot just survive but thrive. >> reporter: newark has -- more than tuition to elite private schools. >> the concern is giving the same people more money will give you the same result. >> reporter: but $100 million can't hurt and may likely help the controversial king of facebook make a few new friends. sources close to zuckerberg deny the donation is a publicity stunt to draw attention away from the facebook movie. officials hope it will attract matching donations, and it's also the first installment to the rger education fund that zuckerberg is establishing. >>> education nation next week. >>> for now, it's 7:18. >>> lindsay lohan is due back in court this monk to face a judge for the first time since she admitted she failed a court ordered drug test. kristen wi kristen welker is outside the courthouse. >> reporter: lindsay lohan will be in court just a few hours afte
the $100 million -- simply because the donation will be the reality of mark zuckerberg. >> reporter: the charitable gift will definitely help more than just zuckerberg's image. >> we deserve a city where our children cannot just survive but thrive. >> reporter: newark has -- more than tuition to elite private schools. >> the concern is giving the same people more money will give you the same result. >> reporter: but $100 million can't hurt and may likely help the...
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. >> we're going to have mark zuckerberg on later who founded facebook who gave $100,000 to newark. >> let's go back to the white house with matt lauer. >> all right, ann, thank you, and tom thank you as well. >>> politics took center stage this weekend during the season premier of "saturday night live," just in case you missed any of it, here are some highlights. >> now the latest polls have you trailing but that's because of the media's fixation on trivial things, like your talking about dabbling in witchcraft on bill maher's show. >> you guys, i was 16. >> can you think of anything at all from your past that might be problematic? >> no, nothing. >> this race is going to tighten up and when it does, it's going to be a real dogfight. >> please don't tell me about dogfights, i know all about dogfights. for your information, i used to run a business staging dogfights. >> we probably shouldn't be hearing this. >> exactly, you know what the people of delaware don't want to hear about it either, they want to hear about the future and taking back the country and restoring the founders' vis
. >> we're going to have mark zuckerberg on later who founded facebook who gave $100,000 to newark. >> let's go back to the white house with matt lauer. >> all right, ann, thank you, and tom thank you as well. >>> politics took center stage this weekend during the season premier of "saturday night live," just in case you missed any of it, here are some highlights. >> now the latest polls have you trailing but that's because of the media's fixation on...
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and mark zuckerberg, who is the founder. that's the character you play. >> right. >> doesn't come across sometimes in the film as being that sympathetic. >> really? >> no. not -- >> i know. >> exactly. >> the movie kind of covers this debate over the creation of it. and kind of who deserves credit for it. who deserves financial rewards from it. and you know, the character does things that are hurtful to other characters. as the actor playing him, i see him as dependable. >> do you think misunderstood? >> i think he is inspired to create facebook because he feels misunderstood in college. and he wants to feel understood. >> and all goes back to a girl. it always does. we'll let people to see the film. >> yeah. >> you're not on facebook. justin timberlake, none of you guys are on facebook. >> we're in the movie. >> that's your facebook. >> we're -- maybe justin more so than me and andrew. we're in public settings and doing things. we don't want to go home and write what we did that day after we did it on tv. >> your cousin wor
and mark zuckerberg, who is the founder. that's the character you play. >> right. >> doesn't come across sometimes in the film as being that sympathetic. >> really? >> no. not -- >> i know. >> exactly. >> the movie kind of covers this debate over the creation of it. and kind of who deserves credit for it. who deserves financial rewards from it. and you know, the character does things that are hurtful to other characters. as the actor playing him, i see...
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mark zuckerberg. he tripled his wealth, to rank 35. and the 26-year-old is putting his money to work. he's donating $100 million to the newark, new jersey, public school system. that's the news at 7:15. >> $100 million. >> he and the mayor are going to announce it. >> they can come together. thank you, juju. >>> before mr. colbert goes to washington, mr. champion is in washington for us. good morning, sam. >> good morning, robin. good morning, george. we're at the d.c. national zoo. let's get to the flooding. there's lots of it. 11 states are under flood watches, warnings or advisories. we told you this would be a big rainfall area. there's three to four inches of rain in the southwest from that system. there was immediate flash flooding. we expect additional rainfall from minneapolis to marquette. and there will be flooding in that area today. pop on the high temperatures, and you'll see where the heat is. lexington at 92. there were ten record highs yesterday. and we'll have more weather from the national zoo in the next half hour. r
mark zuckerberg. he tripled his wealth, to rank 35. and the 26-year-old is putting his money to work. he's donating $100 million to the newark, new jersey, public school system. that's the news at 7:15. >> $100 million. >> he and the mayor are going to announce it. >> they can come together. thank you, juju. >>> before mr. colbert goes to washington, mr. champion is in washington for us. good morning, sam. >> good morning, robin. good morning, george. we're at...
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mark zuckerberg gave me $10 million. i appreciate it. that's not the only solution. i need my community to step up. >> the real problem for our country, we think throwing more money at the problem is the solution. the reason for that is legislators can't do very much other than move money around. they take money from some and give money to others to advance the purposes and social causes we want in this country, whether you agree with them or not. some you'll agree with. some you won't. that's what legislators do. if you have a complex problem, it's always throw more money at it orr some regulations. in the end, it is leadership. it is picking the right people. it is supporting those people. every day there's another story in the tabloids about a disaster in the school system. somebody has to stand up and say, hey, even if that's true, we have 1,100,000 kids in our public school system. that's the size of the population of detroit. do you think detroit ever goes for a day without one crime? of course not. if we have one crime in the school system, it's terrible. we s
mark zuckerberg gave me $10 million. i appreciate it. that's not the only solution. i need my community to step up. >> the real problem for our country, we think throwing more money at the problem is the solution. the reason for that is legislators can't do very much other than move money around. they take money from some and give money to others to advance the purposes and social causes we want in this country, whether you agree with them or not. some you'll agree with. some you won't....